The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Germany. 1943-07-31. Remscheid, south of the Ruhr, with a population of 107,000, is one of Germany's main manufacturing centres of machine and precision tools for which a special type of steel is used. On the night of 1943-07-30, RAF Bomber Command made a concentrated attack on Remscheid, and reconnaissance shows that considerable damage had been caused to steelworks and factories concerned with the manufacture of these machine tools. The main railway station had also been severely damaged, and there was considerable devastation to surrounding property.
Germany. 1943-07-31. Remscheid, south of the Ruhr, with a population of 107,000, is one of Germany's main manufacturing centres of machine and precision tools for which a special type of steel is used
MARIBYRNONG ?, VIC. THE 25 POUNDER GUN, STANDARD WEAPON FOR FIELD ARTILLERY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, IS IN PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. MANUFACTURE OF THE GUN NECESSITATED THE MAKING IN AUSTRALIA OF MANY SP
MARIBYRNONG ?, VIC. THE 25 POUNDER GUN, STANDARD WEAPON FOR FIELD ARTILLERY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, IS IN PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. MANUFACTURE OF THE GUN NECESSITATED THE MAKING IN AUSTRALIA OF MANY SP
Fairfield, Vic. c. 1942. Two women at work in the control centre at the Department of Aircraft Production, Beaufort Division's Fairfield stores complex. Machine tools and gauges form a major part of t
Krefeld, Germany. C. 1943-06. The centre of the town on the outskirts of the Ruhr, as the RAF left it after the heavy attack on the night of 1943-06-21. Krefeld is of considerable industrial importanc
Munster, Germany. 1943-06-12. The day after Bomber Command's night attack showing some of the concentrated damage caused in the port and industrial area close to the centre of the town. In the middle
